Margaret (Freeman) Ellenwood (1761)

Born 19 May 1761 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Ellenwood — married 14 Nov 1781 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1761 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of Samuel Freeman, and his second wife. Mary Mayo^{[1] [2]}

On November 14, 1781, she married Nathaniel Ellenwood, a fisherman, the son of Benjamin and Susanna (Corning) Ellenwood, who emigrated from Beverly Massachusetts to Yarmouth, NS in 1764^{[3] [4] [5]}. Their children included:

1. Benjamin, born March 14, 1783^[3]
2. Susannah, born March 14, 1786^[3]
3. Lydia, born July 6, 1788^[3]
4. Margaret, born January 25, 1781^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Freeman genealogy in three parts by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Published 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co.; pages 98, 173
2. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); Volume 126, page 94 of the Register shows the birth of Margaret Freeman on May 19, 1761 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Its behind a paywall.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Vital Records from The NEHGS Register Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); Volume 126, page 288 shows an extract from the Vital Records of Liverpool, NS, which gives the marriage and children of Nathaniel and Margaret, including their parents names, on page 97. Its behind a paywall
4. ↑ The Diaries of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (volume I) The Publications of the Champlain Society, Volume 29; Author: Simeon Perkins; Editor: Harold A. Innis; Published: 2013. Simeon Perkins Diary makes various references to Margaret's father, siblings and to her husband. For example, a footnote at the bottom of Page 13 of Volume 2 of Simeon Perkins Diary states: Nathaniel Ellenwood, a fisherman of Liverpool. He was born on September 23, 1754. the son of Benjamin and Susanna (Corning) Ellenwood, who removed from Beverly, Mass., to Yarmouth, N.S., in 1764. He married Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Mary Freeman, on November 14, 1781. He is mentioned in Perkins's diary as late as 1802. Its behind a paywall.
5. ↑ Familysearch is not behind a paywall. It shows several family trees with the same information